Staff Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Define and drive system architecture across multiple hardware programs, ensuring alignment between product goals, technical feasibility, and long-term platform strategy.
• Lead cross-functional technical decision-making across Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, Signal Processing, Manufacturing, and Product teams to resolve complex system-level challenges.
• Own the development and evolution of system requirements, interface definitions, and architecture documentation, ensuring traceability throughout the product lifecycle.
• Develop system verification and validation strategies that confirm product performance, reliability, and compliance with system requirements.
• Lead architecture and design reviews, providing technical guidance that improves system performance, scalability, manufacturability, and reliability.
• Identify technical risks early, develop mitigation strategies, and influence product roadmaps through data-driven engineering recommendations.
• Serve as a technical mentor and trusted advisor across the hardware organization, elevating systems engineering practices and helping develop engineers through design reviews, coaching, and technical leadership.
• Partner with external suppliers, manufacturing partners, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure successful execution from concept through production.
• Travel up to 15% domestically and internationally to collaborate with partners, suppliers, and manufacturers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in electrical systems engineering, hardware design, or a related domain.
• Demonstrated experience defining system architecture for complex, highly integrated electronic products from concept through production, ideally in high-volume manufacturing environments.
• Deep understanding of hardware system integration and V&V testing across electrical, firmware, mechanical, sensing, and algorithm domains.
• Proven ability to lead technical direction across multiple cross-functional teams without direct organizational authority.
• Experience developing system requirements, interface definitions, verification strategies, and validation plans for complex hardware systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Experience with schematic/layout reviews, and laboratory equipment for hardware bring-up, debugging, and validation.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and establishing systems engineering best practices across an organization.

Additional information

This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.

Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.

The WHOOP compensation philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and retain exceptional talent by offering competitive base salaries, meaningful equity, and consistent pay practices that reflect our mission and core values.

Pay and benefits

At WHOOP, we view total compensation as the combination of base salary, equity, and benefits, with equity serving as a key differentiator that aligns our employees with the long-term success of the company and allows every member of our corporate team to own part of WHOOP and share in the company’s long-term growth and success.

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $175,000 - $215,000 Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within each range, individual pay is based on factors such as job-related skills, experience, performance, and relevant education or training.

In addition to the base salary, the successful candidate will also receive benefits and a generous equity package.

These ranges may be modified in the future to reflect evolving market conditions and organizational needs. While most offers will typically fall toward the starting point of the range, total compensation will depend on the candidate’s specific qualifications, expertise, and alignment with the role’s requirements.